Ecohydrology and the partitioning AET between transpiration and evaporation in a semiarid steppe

Ecosystems

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 756-767

  Lauenroth, W K ^a   Bradford, J B ^b  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

E AET; Ecohydrology; Evaporation; Potential evapotranspiration; Semiarid; Steppe; T AET; Transpiration; Water balance

Indexed keywords

ECOHYDROLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVAPORATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL WATER; STEPPE; TRANSPIRATION; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER BUDGET;

EID: 33749137995     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-006-0063-8     Document Type: Article

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